Kevin J. Coakley

Kevin J. Coakley earned a B.S. in Physics from Yale University, an M.S. in Physics from the University of Washington (Seattle), and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University. He joined the Statistical Engineering Division at NIST in 1989. Current research interests include aerosol physics; neutron physics; fast neutron spectroscopy; neutron imaging; astroparticle physics; and computational biology.

Technical Areas of Research and Consulting:

• Planning and analysis of experiments in physical science and engineering
• Stochastic and empirical model building
• Computer intensive statistical methods
• Bootstrap resampling methods
• Statistical signal processing
• Statistical algorithms for imaging

Professional Activities and Societies and Standards Activities:

• Publications
• Sigma Xi, Member
• American Statistical Association, Member
• Recent Public Speaking